Category Archives: Families

Flotsam and Jastram

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

Yes, I know it’s flotsam and jetsam which properly speaking is “wreckage of a ship or its cargo floating on the water or washed ashore.”  It  also means “worthless or miscellaneous things.”  I’m thinking of the later definition.  I haven’t … Continue reading →

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Father Knows Best?

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

   It starts with fat, old Eli.  He is a lousy father.  Scripture records that Eli honored his sons above the Lord.  He would not properly discipline them for despising the offering of the Lord and for sleeping with the … Continue reading →

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The Lioness’s Share

Posted on May 26, 2008 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

   G.K. Chesterton said that “every high civilization decays by forgetting obvious things” (The New Jerusalem, 211.) 

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You Can Learn a lot from women, so Don’t Sacrifice them

Posted on April 16, 2008 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

There are shows aimed at men and shows at women.  While, as far as I know, no one has thought of a derisive term for movies aimed at men such as “Male Movie” or “Testosterone Tape,” we do have the … Continue reading →

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You’re Just a Kid!

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

“You’re just a kid!” O how age can be made an accusation.

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The Sin Nobody Talks About

Posted on February 20, 2008 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

Having recently published a letter, I didn’t think The Lutheran Witness would, I decided to publish this article Higher Things wouldn’t.  To be fair, it’s not that they didn’t think it worthwhile.  They just thought it too risky, perhaps risque.  You decide … Continue reading →

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Lutheran Education

Posted on February 11, 2008 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

  Our Large Catechism addresses the education of our children under the Fourth Commandment: “For all authority flows and is propagated from the authority of parents. For where a father is unable alone to educate his child, he employs a … Continue reading →

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